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Compounding medication for weight loss

Compounding for weight loss

Weight control refers to long-term techniques to maintain a healthy weight through a healthy life. It includes healthy nutrition and physical activity to balance the intake and energy consumption throughout the body.

Weight control usually involves decisions such as:

  • Buy healthy foods
  • Learn to correctly measure portions of food
  • Understand the nutritional values of various foods
  • Create a good workout plan
  • Get safe and effective weight loss drugs

What is obesity?

Obesity refers to a condition in which you have excess body fat. The condition is diagnosed when the BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30 or more. The body mass index is determined by dividing your weight in kilograms by your body size in square meters. The condition, along with its numerous concomitant diseases, has greatly harmed people, both medically and economically. For example, millions of adults in the US UU They are obese, and this increases their chances of developing hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

Obesity and old age

Obesity is usually aggravated by aging since the condition is more difficult to manage. One study found that overweight people over 65 had a 30% higher death rate than healthy people. However, obesity does not affect only the elderly. According to research, about one fifth of school-age children suffer from this disease. In fact, today obesity affects people of all ages.

According to studies, weight loss helps reduce the amount of triglycerides in the liver and reduces the level of blood pressure. In addition, it can help reduce the risk of developing diabetes by more than 50%.

Symptoms of obesity

The following are the main symptoms related to obesity:

  • Uneven distribution of body fat
  • A BMI of 30 or more
  • Development of excess fat around the waist

Causes of obesity

Although there are hormonal and genetic influences, obesity usually occurs when you consume more calories than you burn during your daily activities or physical exercises. The body normally stores excess calories in the form of fat, which accumulates over time and leads to obesity.

The following factors are the main causes of obesity:

  • Physical inactivity: leads to a sedentary lifestyle. People eat in excess.
  • Unhealthy eating habits: fast foods, high-calorie foods, late-night meals, high-calorie beverages, oversized portions, and excess beer.
  • Pregnancy: Most women feel the need to overeat during pregnancy and then have difficulty losing weight after delivery.
  • Insufficient sleep: causes hormonal changes that increase the appetite and desire for high-calorie foods
  • Drugs: certain antidepressants, diabetes medications, steroids, beta blockers, antipsychotics and more
  • Medical conditions: Cushing's syndrome, metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, menopause, hypothyroidism and others

Compounded treatments for weight control

Appetite supplements

These products affect the part of the brain that regulates the appetite known as the hypothalamus. They work by preventing the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine. These products include:

  • Phentermine
  • Diethylpropion
  • Phendimetrazine
  • Bupropion
  • Vitamin B12 injections

These injections facilitate the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats to release energy. They also control appetite and mood, which are key factors in eating. They include:

  • Cyanocobalamin
  • Methylcobalamin
  • Methionine inositol choline injections

Also known as Lipo Injections or MIC Injections, this medication is compatible with the uniform distribution of fat throughout the body. The substances that burn fat in these injections include:

  • Methionine: acts in the same way as inositol; helps eliminate fat
  • Inositol: helps the liver to eliminate fat
  • Hill: helps distribute cholesterol

These injections include:

  • Lipo injection
  • Lipo-B injection
  • Lipo-C injection

HCG injections (human chorionic gonadotropin)

Human chorionic gonadotropin mimics the functional properties of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormones and, therefore, is used as a replacement for the two gonadotropic hormones.

Quick solution for weight loss

Obese people have been looking for quick solutions for a long time. The first diet pills, called "fat reducers," were made in the 19th century. Based on a thyroid extract that normally increases metabolism, the pills were very effective. However, they had strong side effects such as:

  • Irregular heartbeat
  • Incrise of cardiac frecuency
  • Body weakness
  • Chest pain
  • Hypertension

In the 1930s, a thermogenic pill called dinitrophenol was invented. This pill, however, was a poison; It worked by raising body temperature to make the body use fat reserves for energy production. The pill had fatal side effects, including cataracts, severe rashes, and peripheral neuritis.

The thyroid extract was reintroduced in the 1960s and was used with laxatives, diuretics and amphetamines; It has been observed that these drugs are toxic to humans. Amphetamines were psychologically and neurologically addictive.

In the 70s and 80s, ephedrine was used with caffeine to lose weight. This weight loss supplement was banned in the 1990s as it had dangerous effects on the cardiovascular and nervous system. The following are some of the reasons for the failure of most weight loss supplements and diet pills:

  • Insufficient clinical trial before the launch of new medicines
  • Most of them are quick solutions to reduce weight without taking into account side effects
  • The lack of adequate scientific methods in the production process
  • Production by unqualified personnel
  • Insufficient technology

During the last decade, many people and companies have left to produce false or dangerous pills to lose weight with the promise and the market that these pills will help people lose weight in a few days, even